Software Update: Wine 1.7.14

A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 1.7.14. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API. The software makes it possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, among others. A large group of developers contribute to Wine and it has been decided to release a new so-called development version every two weeks, instead of waiting for a number of new functions to be ready. A stable edition is published a few times a year. The database with applications that work under Wine, with or without the help of minor adjustments, contains exactly 21,059 titles at the time of writing. Below you will find what has been changed and improved in this release.

What’s new in this release:

• More Task Scheduler support.
• Improvements for AVI encoding support.
• More VisualBasic interfaces in MSXML.
• Support for deflated content encoding in Wininet.
• Some fixes for monochrome printers.

Bugs fixed in 1.7.14 (total 56):

• 3901 Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc installer can’t copy files
• 5552 Need for Speed ​​Porsche 2000 doesn’t see DX as installed
• 7602 MPLAB 7.52 starts with errors
• 8391 EDWinXP 1.50 trial version aborts after splash screen (IPicture DISPID_PICT_RENDER support missing)
• 8539 VMXBuider 0.8 (VB6 app) fails to create new VM, reporting “Run-time error ‘-2147417848 (80010108)’: Automation error”
• 9396 Solidworks 2006/2007/2012 fails to save files, reporting ‘An unsupported operation was attempted.’ (comdlg32 version resource outdated/inconsistent with default WinVer setting)
• 12757 Europa Universalis Rome crashes on startup (D3DXLoadSurfaceFromFileInMemory must not unconditionally call CoUninitialize(), different COM threading model used)
• 15286 Multiple applications need Windows Media Player ActiveX control: CLSID 6bf52a52-394a-11d3-b153-00c04f79faa6 (iMesh 7.x, Amazon mp3 downloader, …)
• 15480 Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2000-2010 creates useless .lnk files (CSIDL_RECENT folder missing)
• 16360 Help does not work in Office 2000
• 19513 Rise of Legends: CD2 is not recognized (wine eject/umount/remount doesn’t work)
• 20209 AverTV installer for AverMedia AverTV Hybrid Volar HX crashes
• 22010 Europa Universalis: For the Glory; crashes on startup
• 22089 Starcraft II license screen – moving the mouse makes installer think you’ve read entire license
• 22171 BizAgi Process Modeler requires gdiplus.GdipWidenPath() implementation (Mono, MS .NET)
• 22935 Double clicking a word file can’t open it (opens fine from Word 2007 opens it)
• 22986 can’t read DivX 7.2 license agreement
• 23577 Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 installation problem: needs Win XP SP 2 (builtin ‘fltlib.dll’ needs version resource)
• 24419 Nvidia hdr sample crashes without native d3dx9_36
• 25430 Internet Explorer 4 can’t load the WineHQ forum without native urlmon
• 25668 DAEMON Tools 3.47 installer crashes on unimplemented function setupapi.dll.SetupDiSetSelectedDevice
• 26461 OmniPage 17 installer fails to complete (hangs, heap corruption)
• 26517 The game Battleground Europe crashes
• 26568 Siemens PLM NX 7.5: License Server installation hangs up on starting services
• 26602 MS Excel 2007: Excel hangs-up after closing solver
• 26654 MS Office 2000 programs crash when resizing windows
• 26927 iTunes 10.2.2 store homepage is black
• 27236 Lego Pirates of the Caribbean demo: psychadelic rendering artifacts
• 27504 Freejack downloader crashes before downloading files
• 28067 In Battleground Europe mouse stuck in middle of screen
• 28080 Radeon Bios Editor v1.28 (VB6 app) crashes when saving modified BIOS files
• 28405 AVID/Pinnacle LE 6.10 crashes on unimplemented function setupapi.dll.SetupAddToSourceListA
• 28972 Seagate Crystal Enterprise 8.0 installer fails when starting services
• 29432 Mezzmo DLNA media server 3.4 crashes on startup
• 29447 ZBrush 4R2 not launching
• 29846 HTML-Kit 292 can’t show any plugin previews except the default
• 29856 Password Safe 3.26 initial default help page is blank (invalid MSITStore moniker constructed)
• 29954 ERWIN r8.2 cannot install due to missing ERwinIScustomactions.dll
• 29987 BlueKenue 3.x crashes on startup
• 30097 Can’t host server on Terraria 1.1
• 30099 Terra explorer 6.1 not run
• 30324 imgburn 2.5.7.0 crashes on startup
• 30876 Diablo 1 demo crashes
• 31111 wmp9 install fails with builtin pidgen
• 33489 WinRAR 5.0 beta 1 help causes HH crash
• 33947 Battle.net desktop app crashes after 15 seconds
• 35107 Cannot display japanese vertical text correctly.
• 35572 gdi32:font fails on Windows 2000
• 35624 3Dmark 2001 SE: Broken “Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing)” test
• 35629 Zynaps: menu is rendered incorrectly
• 35635 VMXBuider 0.8 (VB6 app) fails to create new VM, reporting “Run-time error ‘445’” – filesys_get_Drives
• 35636 JobTabs Free Resume Builder 2013 (vb6 app) fails on startup (failure to parse app SxS manifest referencing registry free COM server)
• 35668 HEDZ installer crashes
• 35673 Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D not recognized (running Call To Power 2 stops)
• 35676 iMesh 7.x crashes on IWMPCore::get_settings method stub
• 35691 IPLA 0.9 installer aborts with ‘Windows Media Player version 9 or newer needed’ (wmp.dll version resource missing)